Mrs. Henry's Classroom: Newsletter 3/29

In Reading Workshop this week we learned how to retell what we've learned in non-fiction books. After we read a nonfiction text, we think, "What was this book mostly about and what did I learn?" Then, we tell our partners all the important facts that we can recall.

We also read No, David! during our Read Aloud time this week. We discussed David's problems and possible solutions he could've used. Then, we had a whole class conversation about the book. We learned how to deepen our discussion by using a star system (or baseball). See our chart on talking about books to see how your child can have a deeper discussion with you about books.

We published our All About books, and THEY ARE SO GOOD! Look for your child's displayed in our hallway.

In our phonics lesson, we played a game with plastic eggs that had letters inside and we played "Phonics Teacher" (see photo).

We finished our unit in geometry this week. We noticed the attributes of 3-D shapes while we tried to make them with playdoh. We looked at the faces of 3-D shapes and found 2-D shapes! We played a "Matching Faces" game. We also did a math Exemplar, working on making clear diagrams to explain our reasoning and including a key.

Everyone loved exploring with Google Earth in our social studies lessons this week! We examined our planet, noticing and wondering many things. Then we zoomed in to our country, state, town, and finally we ended at Ox Ridge School! The class was all cheering!

Our outside thermometer has read a lot of "green" days in March, and we're hoping for more! We discussed the changes in the weather and recorded March's weather in our science journals.

Ask your child about the amazing BMX assembly we had on Monday, too!

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